Matthew Jude Barker
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My third-great-grandfather, Cornelius “Con” Connell (1835-1892) emigrated from County Cork to the United States in 1854. He settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, and married fellow Corkonian Catherine Pyne, where they had three children before moving to Boston, where they had many more children. Con Connell was a veteran of the Civil War, and even spent time…
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A photo of my great-great grandfather Lawrence Newell (1846-1940), Portland, Maine, working as a freight handler on the railroad, circa 1905. He was born in Ardrumkilla, Killower (Belclare), Tuam, County Galway, son of James Newell (1802-1887) and Bridget Byrne. He married Margaret Greaney (1856-1943), in 1880, in Cummer Parish. Margaret was born in Ballintleva, Ardrumkilla,…
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A photo of my great-great grandfather Lawrence Newell (1846-1940), Portland, Maine, working as a freight handler on the railroad, circa 1905. He was born in Ardrumkilla, Killower (Belclare), Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, son of James Newell (1802-1887), a farmer, and Bridget Byrne. He was the grandson of Laurence Newell, who died in 1841 in Castlehacket.…
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